Mel Gibson’s “Apocalypto”
July 4, 2007
The Free Articulator is in support of Creative Artists and is written and published by Creative Artists. I’m pushing to the side the arguments that Apocalypto is a poor movie because it has some ’slight cultural inaccuracies’; and getting on to reviewing a work of fiction. Mel Gibson is not a historian or an academic; he’s a storyteller and actor, directing a work of art in order to deliver a story. Some anthropologists in the middle of New York decided that Gibson had picked and chosen elements of history and culture that suited the story’s ability to build up tension and drama.
Review: FEAR (First Encounter Assault Recon)
July 4, 2007
I like my ghost stories. I’m also pretty picky with my first person shooters. If this game was one or the other it would have still been cool, but having both made this game something I cannot stop playing! In fact, there were so many points in the game where I had to reload over and over again. Not because of death but because particular parts in the game are so cool I had to do them multiple times over–just so I could appreciate their coolness…again! Now there’s a first!
Am I the only artist who hates computers?
July 4, 2007
Computers are a rather technical subject (tell me you hadn’t noticed that already!) and technical subjects, by their nature, are somewhat difficult to fit into a particular mold, particularly molds artists might be interested in.
As a long-time computerist with a fondness for the arts, I have always been interested in how computers have affected the arts. And as a person wanting to pass on what I know, I write using a computer (Uh-oh - I am a writer!). I have used Computer Aided Design (CAD) software to design rooms for my use (a form of architecture). I also do things involving the arts as a consumer. Read more
Counterfeit Humanity
July 4, 2007
The veil is swept over the faces of the numb
A curtain of disruption and dismay blocked out
By the eyelids of darkness and novocaine
Little eyelids propped in front of a lump of grey
Matter pumping blood through vessels that
Could burst at any given moment
A lump that has been washed, scrubbed,
Scratched, scabbed, and hung out
To dry and decay upon the fence of ignorance Read more
Robert Henri’s “The Art Spirit”
July 4, 2007
22nd June 2004 held a very special moment for me.
I remember vividly, even writing now, three months later, how relieved I felt.
It was raining heavily in the garden. Rain meant no more suffering from my summer ailment: hay fever. As the rain began its rhythmic rapping against the windows and the roof, and as the blurry sting in my eyes began to allay, I found myself in a contemplative mood. Robert Henri’s book seemed apt for such a mood.
The Free Articulator…dream to reality
July 4, 2007
What a journey it has been to put this together. The Free Articulator was conceived quite literally years ago, and it has gone through a tremendous amount of consideration, thought and work from so many great and good people all of whom contributed to its present form in one way or another. It’s a great pleasure for me to finally see it launch, for I have worked very hard to understand the publishing medium, which with the advent and rise of blogging has changed significantly. Thanks to Joel Falconer, the Free Articulator’s Editor-in-Chief we have finally come of age and are launching today proclaiming our Creative Independence and our commitment to help artists become Creative Artists, about which, you’ll read more in subsequent publications.
Welcome to the Free Articulator
July 4, 2007
The Free Articulator has been a long time coming.
In fact, since I took up my position as the Editor-in-Chief of this publication, I’ve had a child, graduated high school and gotten married (all in that order, by the way).
So I guess you can see why it took us so long–that is, apart from the universe practically working against us to prevent this publication from coming into place.
